Binge List: Coaches Of The Year

What's up bingers? I'm the new contributor here, so let's get some formalities out of the way. I'm using Uncle Sub as the nickname, but I have many that I respond to such as Subbi (soo-be), Sub (soob), The Uncle, Submeister and the show's personal favorite... The Body. I'll mainly be contributing with regards to college basketball because it is my favorite sport. Why is that? Simple, I love collegiate athletics more than pros and basketball is my favorite sport. It also doesn't hurt that Gus Johnson's voice has a better chance of giving me a boner than does a chick with Adriana Lima's face, Katy Perry's cans, Kim Kardashian's ass, sprinkled with Lindsay Lohan's self esteem. Now that you know a little about me, lets talk turkey.

February is coming to a close and that means Selection Sunday (the Holy Day) is approaching quickly. It's always nice to focus on the men who pace the sidelines so without any more delay, I present my top 4 coaches of the year in college basketball.

4. Steve Fisher

Is it fucked up that I had to google search "coach of san diego state basketball" when the man himself is gracing my list? Perhaps. But San Diego State and Fisher can boast about one thing no other school can, and that is they are the only one loss team in the country. So why the hell are they ranked number 6? Because they play in the Mountain West. Other than the BYU Jimmer's can you name me a team that plays in the Mountain West. Simply put there's no competition, however Fisher should not be overlooked because being able to say you've only lost once this deep into the year is impressive. Fisher certainly has his Aztecs believing they can make some noise come March.

3. Steve Lavin

Save me the song and dance about Jay Wright being the sharpest lookin cat in the college game. Wright's not even the most dapper in his conference. That's right i'm giving it to that grease ball Lavin (hair only rivaled by Pat Riley). Aside from lookin so fresh and so clean clean, Lavin has rejuvenated a once proud basketball team in the Johnnies. I mean when you can beat Duke, Connecticut and Pittsburgh, then your sure as hell doing something right. Playing games in the Big East is like beating Mayweather one night and having to prepare for Pacquiao the next. It's a war of attrition. With impressive wins over top 10 teams, Lavin not only has his team believing they can make a deep run but they also got the Uncle believing it too. I got the Johnnies going to at least the Sweet 16... you can run and tell em Uncle Sub told ya.

PS everyone and their mother knows that Melo is headin to NYC to be a Knick. That's gotta be a real kick in the dick to the Johnnies huh? Just when they start to take over MSG this blockbuster trade goes down- the Knicks are attention whores.

2. Sean Miller

Sure I may be a little biased here because I attend the fine institution that is the University of Arizona. But what Sean Miller has done in two years time is nothing short of remarkable. Who holds the longest streak in the country for most consecutive NCAA tournament appearances? It was the Wildcats until last year. That was hardly Miller's fault though. Legendary coach Lute Olson left this team in turmoil and gave the reigns to Kevin O'Neill who then handed em over to Russ Pennell (the esteemed coach at Grand Canyon University or some shit). You think that coaching carousel scared away some recruits? You bet your sweet buns it did. But through fierce recruiting and an emphasis on discipline, this baby faced assassin has these Cats atop the Pac-10(not that impressive) and ranked top 10 in the country (very impressive). I'm pretty sure the last time UofA was ranked in the top 10 in anything it was for the girls and the parties, a lethal combination indeed.

1. Matt Painter

Playing in the rough and tumble Big 10 is extremely difficult. Playing without your best player and arguably most prolific player in school history is damn near impossible. Purdue has had to do a combination of both all season, but you wouldn't know it by the rankings (8 in both polls). They lost Robbie Hummel, a great scorer, for the entire year with a knee injury. When your best player goes down, the other players look to the coach to captain the ship. And Painter has been a more effective Captain than Captain Morgan. In one week Painter took down two top 10 teams, one of them being a favorite to win it all (Wisconsin and Ohio State.) He's been given a pretty shitty deal with the injury of Hummel the past two years, but just like a typical Big 10 team, he has his boys gutting out wins and winning ugly. Don't be surprised to see Purdue go far into the tournament based largely on the schedule they play and the way they win without Hummel... all thanks to Painter.

PS not many other coaches have a student section dedicated to them-- i'm lookin at you Paint Crew